grotesquerie

gro·tes·que·rie

or gro·tes′query

noun

pl.-·queries

a grotesque thing

the quality or state of being grotesque

Origin of grotesquerie

from grotesque

grotesquerie

or gro·tes·que·ry

noun

pl.gro·tes·que·ries

The state of being grotesque; grotesqueness: “A jumble of stuffed animals were packed in the bed around her … and their innocent shapes crowded around her head in sweet, shadowed grotesquerie” ( Donna Tarrt )

Something grotesque: “He put the catfish, the tadpoles, and a few other grotesqueries in his jar filled with swamp water, and then picked up all the other wriggling things and threw them back into the lake” ( Rick Bass )